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"We view ourselves as the cop on the beat" to get DEI discrimination out of higher ed

Crybully Tucker Carlson Claims Detained At Ben Gurion Airport - US Embassy and Israelis Deny

Democrats to Defy Leadership With Protests for Trump's State of the Union

Rollins: Bachmann stayed clear of attacking Romney in hopes of VP slot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 26 Comments

One of the conspiracy theories floating around the comment section here and elsewhere was that Michele Bachmann served as the attack dog against everyone but Romney in the hope of gaining a VP nod. The speculation was fueled by Bachmann's relentless and often inaccurate attacks on...

Don’t fall for Operation Psych Out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 49 Comments

A certain someone already has declared that the media got the primaries all wrong, and that it was going to be Mitt all the time. Others have written off Newt and Perry to the dustbin of history. The emerging media consensus, pushed by the mainstream...

New Year’s Greetings from the IDF

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 8 Comments

With war in Israel just one shot or rocket or kidnapping away, it's always worth seeing the faces of the people who will fight it. The Jewish New Year was in September, so this is the IDF's New Year's greeting to you (via Sheya): ...

Let’s all surge for the least scrutinized not-Romney

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 33 Comments

Rick Santorum has lived in Iowa for months, visiting every county, street, house, coffee shop, bakery, and front porch waiting for his time to come. It may have arrived, if the recent polling is indicative of reality. But because Santorum's surge comes just days before the...

The problem with socialized medicine is that eventually you run out of other people’s money

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 26 Comments

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. The problem with socialized medicine is that eventually you run out of other people's money, too. In Britain, they have run out of other people's money, so the National Health Service has...

Caltech Astrophysicist Gunned Down on His Front Porch

UC-Davis Holds ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop on Encounters With ICE

Stanford Newspaper Sues State Dept. Over Free Speech Rights for International Students

UCLA Cancels Campus Talk by Bari Weiss After Students Petition Against It

UC-Davis Hosting Workshop on How Microaggressions 'Perpetuate Stereotypes'

Lewis University Cancels In-Person Classes Because ICE Worked Nearby

Romney keeps digging on secrecy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 17 Comments

I noted the other day Romney’s emerging secrecy problem, including the refusal to release income tax returns even if he becomes the nominee. This is a break with standard practice for nominees, and creates a no win situation in which Romney makes his income and taxes...

Romney’s electability is overblown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 33 Comments

John Hinderaker of Power Line Blog wrote an endorsement of Mitt Romney on Tuesday. It was about as good an endorsement as I have seen, but kept coming back to one theme, electability. I don't think we can judge electability just yet because no one really has challenged...

Worst Bumper Sticker of the Year

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2011 9 Comments

The worst Bumper Sticker of the Year competition was almost as tough as the Best Bumper Sticker of the Year competition. Thanks again to those who made nominations. Not surprisingly, it was dominated by various forms of Derangement Syndrome. 1st Place - "Tea Party" sounds so much nicer...

No one would have seen it coming

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 28 Comments

I'm trying to make this an Iowa free day, which given the polls coming out today probably is a good thing: 'Drive to kidnap IDF soldiers up since Schalit deal' - Hmmmm, trading 1000 for 1 is a motivator. Who whoulda thunk it. New York Times Staffers Express...

What possibly could go wrong with too much government?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 21 Comments

Via CNS (h/t well-known anti-shrimpite @TexasGrizzlette): Via JammieWearingFool: ...

Meet the guy who can take down Sheldon Whitehouse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 13 Comments

Operation Counterweight has started. We need people in the House and Senate who are not afraid to fight. In many states and districts, it will be easy. In others it will be hard. We are going to have to win a couple of hard ones in order to...

Alan Grayson sitting on pile of cash

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 10 Comments

Via Orlando Sentinel: Former U.S. Rep. Alan Graysonis reporting today that he already has raised more than $500,000 in the final quarter of 2011 — a big haul that should boost efforts by the Orlando Democrat to return to Congress...

Best Bumper Sticker of the Year

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2011 4 Comments

The choice for Best Bumper Sticker of the Year was a tough one. I appreciate the nominations from readers. My choice came down to which bumper sticker most concisely and vividly reflected my mood and the mood of Legal Insurrection readers. Here are the results: 1st Place - "Actually, No...

Rick Perry files suit over Virginia ballot access

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 47 Comments

Rick Perry has filed a lawsuit over his exclusion from the Virginia ballot. His website link to the pleading is overloaded, so I don't know the specifics, updates to follow. Update: The link keeps freezing but I managed to download the Complaint, here it is. (added) I claim...

Positive Negative

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 12 Comments

Both Newt's campaign (first video below) and a pro-Newt SuperPAC have hit the airwaves in Iowa with positive ads. Meanwhile, I assume that the massive Romney SuperPAC ad buy will be hitting the airwaves in Iowa at the same time. There is no question that the negative...

Ben Nelson retiring

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 16 Comments

I have focused on Ben Nelson, and the Cornhusker Kickback, repeatedly. The big question was whether Nelson would run for reelection, with the Democrats hoping he would as the best chance of keeping the seat. It turns out he is retiring, via Politico: Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson...

Romney’s emerging secrecy problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2011 24 Comments

Mitt Romney has an emerging secrecy problem. For someone whose primary claim to the nomination is that he has nothing to hide, he sure acts like he has something to hide. First, there was the cleansing of Massachusetts state records from his time as Governor, including the...